tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614053223603560475.post3436020037095927950..comments2024-02-26T18:04:01.857-05:00Comments on 2 Live Freely: I Know It! I Hear It! I Got It! – The Three Halves of Life GrowthEd Helveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11995821240780553373noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614053223603560475.post-3477538543847173842022-11-01T20:55:04.490-04:002022-11-01T20:55:04.490-04:00Ed’s thoughts are too important to not get a wide ...Ed’s thoughts are too important to not get a wide audience. BMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614053223603560475.post-40209370728179344802015-10-30T17:43:21.942-04:002015-10-30T17:43:21.942-04:00Thanks, Lois --
I didn't have any parents thr...Thanks, Lois --<br /><br />I didn't have any parents through most of my middle years and certainly not in my senior years. I was fortunate to attract a significant number of people 15 to 20+ years older than me as friends. a few of them became mentors, "father figures" and very good friends. Some were also clients and colleagues. I have learned a lot from them, though many have now passed away. But, I still have a few who are there and I communicate with them periodically to fairly frequently. I've seen how they have lived their lives active and productive and happy right to the end. They are my role models. Of course, now that I'm reaching into that age bracket myself, they are passing the baton to me and it's my turn to do the same for those coming along behind. <br /><br />Yes! While there are some aches and some pains and sometimes the old rememberer isn't as fast in recovering "data," this is still, so far, a pretty good part of life. The best part is, I really don't give a damn what other people think about me, my opinions, my attitudes, my dreams or anything else. What they see is me - all the facades of youth peeled away. If they don't like what they see, no skin off my nose, I won't miss them. Get healed quick now that you're becoming "bionic."<br /><br />LF&BH<br />EdEd Helveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11995821240780553373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614053223603560475.post-27446104970900641882015-10-30T16:27:24.779-04:002015-10-30T16:27:24.779-04:00Good words, Ed. It's interesting getting to th...Good words, Ed. It's interesting getting to the final third half and realizing that all those things I thought were so danged important aren't really important after all. I didn't have older people around me as I was growing up and never had an opportunity to experience first-hand form others the wisdom that comes with getting older. Now I *am* one of those older people and I am loving it, liking it, enjoying it fully.<br /><br />I've always been a huge list-maker and I, too, think that the term "bucket list" is negative and won't use it. I prefer using the term "to do list" because the things on the list are things I'm going to do :D<br /><br />-- LoisLoishttp://www.playinganewgame.comnoreply@blogger.com